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Ellicott City Community Tries To Move Forward After 2 Women Are Shot Inside A Church

“I’ve just been amazed to be reminded how interconnected we all are as we all been just starting to let what’s happened sink in,” Rev. Jenni Ovenstone Smith of St. John’s Episcopal Church said.

Even more troubling, police say the gunman had been going to the St. Peter’s food pantry for help.

SWAT teams found him dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in nearby woods where he lived.

“We are working on identifying to who that gun is registered,” Sherry Llewellyn, spokesperson of the Howard County Police Department, said.

In light of what happened inside their building, leaders at St. Peter’s had planned on holding Sunday services at St. John’s a mile away. But they changed their minds, and will resume activities at their church as normal.

“I do think it’s very courageous to begin healing that way. People here in St. John’s and all around the community will be praying with them and for them,” Ovenstone Smith said.

Loved ones mourned at Brewington’s home with her family.

Colleagues of Rev. Kohn’s– a co-rector at the church– focus on the good.

“Many of us remember her very fondly,” Rev. Scott Slater of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland said.

A special memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday. It is only open to members of St. Peter’s Church.